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The Manitoba Moose (23-17-4-1) close their homestand against the Iowa Wild (14-28-4-1) on Sunday afternoon. The Moose fell 3-2 in overtime to the Wild yesterday, extending their home point streak to six games. They are 5-3-1-1 in their past 10 contests. The Wild snapped their three-game skid with the win. They are 4-5-1-0 in their past 10.
Tickets are available for this afternoon’s game at moosehockey.com/tickets. Coverage of today’s matchup gets going at 1:45 p.m. CT on CJOB.com, the Winnipeg Jets App and AHLTV on FloHockey. Action at Canada Life Centre begins at 2 p.m. CT.
Bauer Power
Tyrel Bauer’s next appearance will mark the 200th of his AHL career, all of which have come as a member of the Moose. The Cochrane, Alta. native was a sixth round pick by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2020 NHL Draft, making his professional debut on Oct. 15/22 vs Rockford. The 23-year-old has 19 points (5G, 14A) in his career, including three points (1G, 2A) in 37 contests this season. In 2024-25, Bauer was named Manitoba’s recipient of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year Award and was awarded the Richard Bue Ultimate Teammate Award by the Moose.
DiVincentiis Returned
The Winnipeg Jets loaned goaltender Domenic DiVincentiis to the Moose this morning, where he has played 24 games this season. He was recalled by the Jets for the second time on the campaign on Tuesday. DiVincentiis owns a .909 save percentage and 2.68 goals against average in the AHL in his 24 appearances this season. In 52 games with the Moose over his two-year professional career, the Bolton, Ont. native has a 23-23-4 record, a .907 SV%, and three shutouts. He was a seventh round pick by the Jets in the 2022 NHL Draft.
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
Danny Zhilkin picked up two points on Saturday afternoon. Zhilkin registered an assist before scoring a goal of his own 2:03 later. The Moscow, Russia native has five multi-point games with Manitoba this season, second on the team. Zhilkin is up to 19 points (10G, 9A) on the season, setting new career highs in points, goals, and assists along the way. The Jets’ third round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft played in his first NHL game on Jan. 8 vs Edmonton, skating in three more contests before being loaned to the Moose.
Get Shorty
Isaak Phillips scored his second shorthanded goal of the season in Saturday’s loss. He is the only defenceman in the AHL with two shorthanded goals on the campaign. Phillips is tied with Corson Ceulemans and Calle Rosén for the lead among defencemen with three shorthanded points (2G, 1A). The Moose have three defencemen with multiple shorthanded points this season with Ville Heinola and Elias Salomonsson also tallying a pair of assists. Manitoba is the only AHL team with three defencemen all owning multiple shorthanded points, and one of just two with multiple defenders holding multiple points. Phillips’ goal yesterday was Manitoba’s eighth shorthanded marker of the campaign, tied for the league-lead with three other teams.
Who’s Trending?
Jaret Anderson-Dolan got on the scoresheet with a pair of assists on Sunday afternoon, bringing his season total to 21 points (8G, 13A). It marked his third multi-point game of the season. Two of those came in the past three games, in which time he has four assists. Anderson-Dolan was a second round pick by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2017 NHL Draft.